diff --git a/src/job.rs b/src/job.rs
index 1c0dacd..a39b343 100644
--- a/src/job.rs
+++ b/src/job.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 use ansi_to_html;
 use chrono;
 use rss;
+use scraper;
 
 use crate::conf::Conf;
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ impl Job {
                 self.channel.as_mut().unwrap().set_generator("Haunter".to_string());
             },
             Ok(file) => {
+                println!("Reading channel from '{}'", self.output_file.as_ref().unwrap().display());
                 self.channel = Some(
                     rss::Channel::read_from(std::io::BufReader::new(file)).unwrap()
                 );
@@ -112,9 +114,16 @@ impl Job {
                     job.every = Duration::new(converted_value, 0);
                 },
                 "output_file" => {
-                    job.output_file = Some(
-                        conf.output_dir.join(PathBuf::from_str(item.1.as_str()).unwrap())
-                    );
+                    if item.1.starts_with("/") || item.1.starts_with("./") {
+                        job.output_file = Some(
+                            PathBuf::from_str(item.1.as_str()).unwrap()
+                        );
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        job.output_file = Some(
+                            conf.output_dir.join(PathBuf::from_str(item.1.as_str()).unwrap())
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
                 _ => {
                     println!("Unknown key '{}' in job file '{}'", key, path.display());
@@ -130,6 +139,29 @@ impl Job {
         return Ok(job);
     }
 
+    pub fn last_value(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        if self.channel.is_none() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let channel = self.channel.as_ref().unwrap();
+        if channel.items.len() == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let last = &channel.items[channel.items.len()-1];
+        if last.content.is_none() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let fragment = scraper::Html::parse_fragment(&last.content.as_ref().unwrap().as_str());
+        let selector = scraper::Selector::parse("pre.new-value").unwrap();
+        let value = match fragment.select(&selector).next() {
+            Some(value) => value,
+            _ => {
+                return None;
+            },
+        };
+        return Some(value.inner_html().trim().to_string());
+    }
+
     pub fn update(&mut self, value: &str, diff: &str) {
         if self.channel.is_none() {
             println!("Skipping update of channel: no channel set");
@@ -237,4 +269,17 @@ selector = section.listing:nth-child(2) > ul:nth-child(1) > li:nth-child(3) > he
         assert!(job.channel.is_some());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn recover_value_from_channel() {
+        let conf = Conf::get_default_conf();
+        let mut job_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        let job_conf = format!(r#"
+url = http://example.com/test
+output_file = ./src/job_example.rss
+"#);
+        job_file.write_all(job_conf.as_bytes()).expect("Failed to write job test content");
+        let job = Job::from_file(job_file.path(), &conf).expect("Failed to read configuration file");
+        assert_eq!(job.output_file.as_ref().unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), "./src/job_example.rss");
+        assert_eq!(job.last_value().unwrap(), "Version 1.64.0");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a1bedc5..e30f606 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ fn main() {
             },
             Ok(value) => value,
         };
+        let last_result = job.last_value().clone();
         jobs.push(ThreadJob {
             job: job,
             handle: None,
-            last_result: None,
+            last_result: last_result,
         });
     }
 
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ fn main() {
         let events = inotify.read_events(&mut notify_buffer);
         if events.is_ok() {
             for event in events.unwrap() {
+                println!("Event: {:?}", event);
                 if event.name.is_none() {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -229,10 +231,11 @@ fn main() {
                             },
                             Ok(value) => value,
                         };
+                        let last_result = job.last_value().clone();
                         jobs.push(ThreadJob {
                             job: job,
                             handle: None,
-                            last_result: None,
+                            last_result: last_result,
                         });
                         println!("Added job from '{}' being created", path.display());
                     },